 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1767 - 366 pages
...felicity of life, and that which every wife man will chufe for his final and lafting companion*™ the languor of age, in the quiet of privacy, when he departs weary and difgufted from the oftentatious, the volatile, and the vain. Of fuch a character, which the dull overlook,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Splendor, the Felicity of Life, and that which every wife Man will chobfe for his final and lafting Companion in the Languor of Age, in the Quiet of Privacy, when he departs weary and difgufted from the Oftentatious, the Volatile, and the Vain. Of fuch a Character, which the Dull overlook,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...fplendor, the felicity of life, and that which every wife man will choofe for his final and lafting companion in the languor of age, in the quiet of privacy, when he departs weary and difgufted from the oftentatious, the volatile, and the vain. Of fuch a character, which the dull overlook,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 418 pages
...fplendor, the felicity of life, and that which every wife man will choofe for his final and lafting companion in the languor of age, in the quiet of privacy, when he departs weary and difgufted from the oftentatious, the volatile, and the vain. Of fuch a character, which the dull overlook,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...fplendor, the felicity of life, and that which every wife man will choofe for his final and lafting companion in the languor of age, in the quiet of privacy, when he departs weary and difgufted from the oftentatious, the volatile, and the vain. Of fuch a charactvr, which the dull overlook,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...fplendor, the felicity of life, and that which every wife man will choofe for his final and lading companion in the languor of age, in the quiet of privacy, when he departs weary and difgufted from the o^lcntatious, the volatile, and the vain. Of fuch a character, which the dull overlook,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...fplendor, the felicity of life, and that which every wife man will choofe for his final and lafting companion in the languor of age, in the quiet of privacy, when he departs weary and difgufted from the oftentatious, the volatile, and the vain. Of fuch a character, which the dull overlook,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...though not the splendor, the felicity of life, and that which every wise man will choose for his final and lasting companion in the languor of age, in the...should be made known, and the dignity established. Domestick virtue, as it is exerted without great occasions, or conspicuous consequences in an even... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 222 pages
...though not the splendor, the felicity of life, and that which every wise man witt chuse fer his final and lasting companion in the languor of age, in the...volatile, and the vain. Of such a character, which the <lull overlook, and the gay despise, it was fit that the value should be made known, and the dignity... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...though not the splendor, the felicity of life, and that which every wise man will choose for his final and lasting companion in the languor of age, in the...should be made known, and the dignity established. Domestick virtue, as it is exerted without great occasions, or conspicuous consequences in an even... | |
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... this as the most valuable of all Pope's epitaphs : the subject of it is a character not discriminated by any shining or eminent peculiarities; yet that which really makes, though not the splendour, the felicity of life, and that which every wise man... 
